This 1957 film directed by the great Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshal and Jack Klugman has been one of my favorite films for years. However, in the wake of the Casey Anthony trial, this movie should take on a renewed significance and needs to be watched.
Like Anthony, a young man is on trial for the murder and faces the electric chair if convicted of the crime. But, unlike Anthony, this case dealt with witnesses as well as circumstantial evidence.
What happens next in the jury room is the utmost in drama performed by an ensemble cast of finest actors in the business. A cross section of society is reduced to 12 men each carrying their own agendas and prejudices, but still having the responsibility to come together to determine a man’s fate.
Go get it.
You won’t be disappointed and maybe afterwards you may look at Casey Anthony a little differently.
